Vallisneria Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 What kind of stores carry Target brand sand(and is ti labeled pool filter sand or something else)? I know Henry at dad's fishroom carries target gravels, maybe he also has the sand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishManTy Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I buy my target "play sand" for less than $4 a bag (I believe) from home depot. States thats its sterilized and pre-washed (And by prewash, I mean dustier then hell). 55lbs a bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Polit Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 I've got to agree with FishManTy. I use the Target play sand in my set-ups....... and yeah.....dustier than hell. The Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Val - I bought Target PFS at the local pool supply store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 I've been looking around a bunch of other boards, and most people there seem to feel that play sand is definitely NOT the way to go. They find it too light with particles that are too small, and it ends up ruining their filters, along with packing tightly. Quite a few posts about people tearing their tanks apart to suck out all the play sand and replacing it with pool filter sand. I actually went to Target themselves here in Calgary and paid $11.74 for two 50 lb bags (the receptionist said she wasn't supposed to sell less than 10 bags at a time, but I went looking for black sand and this was the best sand they had). They did have a nice dark crush, but I guess it was the 'raw material' that use for making other sands, too bad b/c it was almost black with probably 1-2 mm grain size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 I picked up some target playsand last weekend. I like it. I'm not too concerned with it ruining the filters as i keep a prefilter sponge on the uptake. And the sand is only 1" deep and its on a shell dwellers tank so i dont' think it will pack too much. BUt my tank is small, if i was doing something larger i might get bigger grained sand. One thing was it did take forever to wash it Prewashed my @$$ :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyasa Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Hey Val, I use pool filter sand in all of my tanks and I have AC with sponge prefilter similar to your setup I believe. I find that I still will have to periodically clean out the impeller shaft with a brush as sand gets in there. Using sand with AC filters requires some diligence as the impeller is in front of the substrate materials. HTH, David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 I find that I still will have to periodically clean out the impeller shaft with a brush as sand gets in there. I know some sand still gets in there but i clean out my filter about every 2nd water change. But i found that i had sand in the impeller even when i was using black sand(i think it was made by ehiem) especially made for aquariums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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